Fibre Channel Ports actions
On the Fibre Channel Ports tab of the Network settings page, you can select the protocol that is used by the Fibre Channel ports or view the properties of those ports.
- Modify Protocol
- Select the protocol that is used by a Fibre Channel port to connect the storage system to a host or to another storage system.
- Modify Endpoint Security
- Open the Modify Fibre Channel Port Endpoint Security window to manage IBM Fibre Channel Endpoint Security and view login counts for a Fibre Channel port.
- Logged in WWPNs
- Open the Logged in WWPNs for I/O port window to view details about connections that are logged in to a Fibre Channel port.
- Performance
- Displays graphs that track I/O port performance metrics. Select from the following options:
- IOPS
- Displays the number of processed requests in thousand I/O operations per second (KIOPS) for the selected I/O operations (read, write, and total) on the Fibre Channel port, averaged over one minute.
- Latency
- Displays the response time in milliseconds (ms) for the selected I/O operations (read, write, or average of both) on the Fibre Channel port, averaged over one minute.
- Bandwidth
- The number of MBs per second (MBps) for the selected bandwidth type (read, write, or total) on the Fibre Channel port, averaged over one minute.
- Error Rates
- View the error rates of a Fibre Channel port.
- Properties
- View the properties of a Fibre Channel port, such as the state and protocol.
- Export WWPNs
- Click the Export icon next to the Actions menu to create and download a CSV file that contains a list of the worldwide port numbers (WWPNs) of the Fibre Channel ports.